Customized Gallery Websites for Professional Photographers

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As our businesses and personal lives are increasingly conducted online, it is more important than ever to keep our digital activities as safe and secure as possible. Here I will share some tips for safeguarding not only your website but your personal digital presence in general.

1) Keep your apps and software up to date, including WordPress

One of the main reasons why software developers provide regular updates is for security patches. So if you are running old software versions you are potentially exposing your computer to security vulnerabilities that have long since been fixed. This includes your computer itself — you are much safer if you keep your computer’s operating system up to date. I know some of you are reluctant to update your OS because of certain software compatibility issues (*cough* Adobe CS6 *cough*), but you should really consider whether it’s worth running an old OS that is vulnerable to all kinds of viruses and malware.

Also, if you have a WordPress blog, you MUST regularly update it and all its plugins to the latest versions! It’s easy, just log in to the WP admin and click the updates link in the menu when it shows that updates are available. Just follow the directions there and after a few clicks it’s all done.